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Want your words to wow? Take this basic advice to write more effective emails, memos, and other professional materials.<p>I took many writing classes in college but perhaps the most useful was one focused on business writing. My classmates and I spent a semester editing example after example of …

Is it just us or do most of these dogs look incredibly serious? Hamburg, Germany-based photographer Ralph Hargarten is behind this intriguing new series called <i>A Dog's Life</i> where he's shot portraits of dogs with facial expressions we often attribute to humans. Set against a simple black background, …

Yelp CEO <b>Jeremy Stoppelman</b> goes on an ice-cream date with <i>Businessweek</i> to chat about the crowd-sourced site's <b>very accidental origins</b>. According to Stoppelman, the original Yelp model aimed to re-create the Yellow Pages online: "The question at the time was, 'How do you capture that word-of mouth? …

William Roman wants to borrow money, but his bank won't lend him any more. So he's turning to his local pawn shop.<p>For Roman, a loan from the pawn shop is a lot easier to get. He doesn't have to fill out an application. The people at the pawn shop don't check his credit — all they want is something …

The U.S. housing recovery continues to make gains. New home sales have surged 38% since last year, hitting a five-year high in June, according to the newest figures from the Commerce Department. And despite a monthly drop in activity, sales of previously owned homes remain 15% higher than last year …

South Korean electronics giant Samsung reported soaring profits on Friday, but despite the company’s attempts to manage expectations, the results undershot estimates and its stock dropped almost 1%. That’s on top of a 13% slump in June that wiped $26 billion off Samsung’s value—a bigger loss than …

As with any side gig that brings in extra income, you can bet the IRS will mind if you fail to mention your new role as small-time innkeeper.<p>AirBnB helps hosts by prompting them with proper tax forms each year, but the average joe renting out his basement on the side might not know when he's …

NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. says it will no longer label its Naked juices as being "all natural," after a lawsuit complained that the drinks contain ingredients that don't fit that bill.<p>The company, based in Purchase, N.Y., is also paying $9 million to settle the lawsuit.<p>In an emailed statement, …

Best Buy, Amazon and the Google Play Store are now all temporarily out of stock of the streaming stick. eBay and some Best Buy outlets could be the only options right now for the impatient.<p>If you've got your hands on Google's red-hot, priced-to-move streaming media stick, the Chromecast, consider …

For the first time since the 1990s, college enrollment in the US is falling. Suddenly, everyone’s skeptical about the value of a degree. But the debate has mostly centered on the value of brick-and-mortar campuses.<p>That’s a shame because 7 million Americans are enrolled in an online course, or about …

Billions of Big Macs mean big profits, but the prospect of big gains for McDonald's shareholders is dim. The global giant has simply grown too big to be a growth story, as its underwhelming earnings this week reminded the markets.<p>Investors seeking top returns in the North American restaurant …

A roundup of affordable vacation destinations around the world<p>We've rounded up more affordable alternatives to pricey vacation destinations around the world, from the new European Riviera to the fashion set's Mexican beach spot

When I was a budding entrepreneur, recently having earned my PhD in astrophysics, people would often introduce me as a rocket scientist. At first I enjoyed the praise.<p>In time I found being called intelligent didn’t help me in business. By “in business” I mean in business roles with leadership and …

Blankfein, who's been Goldman CEO since 2006, steered it through the fallout of the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. He said the experience had taught him to accept that the worst thing you can imagine will inevitably happen.<p>"Most risk management is really just advanced contingency planning …

According to a new study by Market Force Information, Trader Joe's is North America's favorite grocery store based on customer satisfaction. The survey of 6,600 consumers also gave high marks to Publix and Whole Foods. Walmart brought up the rear.<p>Take a look at how all the grocery chains fared:<p>So …

Cheese is pretty important to us, as you guys well know. We try to eat as many varieties as we can, in as many applications as we can and then tell you all about the best ways. For science, or something.<p>Today, we're here to discuss one of our favorite Mexican cheeses -- cotija. Named after the town …

Nearly half of the mortgages modified in 2009 under the Obama administration's signature homeowner rescue effort are in default again, according to a report on Wednesday that raised concerns about the program's effectiveness.<p>The report from the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset …